— @Rupprecht_A (@RupprechtDeino) November 16, 2019
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Friday, November 15, 2019
Kuperjanovi infantry battalion soldiers used the THeMIS to lighten their load by carrying heavy machine guns and ammo for mortars during the Iron Wolf exercise held in Lithuania.
This Squad Equipment Carrier gives me chills. If I was going up against a unit on patrol utilizing a gear carrier (especially one carrying a heavy gun) the first thing I wanted have my guys focus fire on wouldn't be the troops but the carrier.
Once that's gone then the rest are presumably easy pickings. These things breed laziness. I can bet that we'll start seeing the habit of combat loads being reduced to silliness. 3 mags and your weapon. The rest of the stuff on your person will be either pogey bait, cell phones and maybe first aid kits.
All the stuff you need to fight and win should/could be destroyed in the opening minutes of a fight.
It's the latest hotness but I don't like it.
Russian mercenaries in Syria gone animalistic (ie..native) WARNING GRAPHIC!
Holy fucking shit. Not only did the Russian mercenaries beat a man with a sledge hammer, then behead him. They hung the headless body up then lit it on fire..... speechless pic.twitter.com/0wT8TZCTtf— Lost Weapons (@LostWeapons) November 15, 2019
Someone needs to get these guys under control (if it's real). This is uncalled for and beyond the pale.
Russian MoD needs to step up with a quickness!! This should be chargeable if not by the Syrian Govt (who I assume they're acting on behalf of) and if not then by Russia!
F-35 breaks down too often...
via Bloomberg
The Pentagon’s chief weapons tester said the next-generation F-35 jet continues to fall short of full combat readiness targets and, despite some progress on reliability issues, all three versions of the fighter are breaking down “more often than planned.”Story here.
None of the Air Force, Marines and Navy variants of the Lockheed Martin Corp. fighter are meeting their five key “reliability or maintainability metrics,” Robert Behler, the Pentagon’s director of operational testing, said in prepared remarks Wednesday before two House Armed Services Committee panels.
The circle will be broken. You can't keep pushing the can down the road. Eventually they will have to come to terms with this jet being in development for 20 years yet still not meeting basic readiness requirements.
Question.
Name another program that would be allowed to fail on such a consistent basis yet still have supporters?
I can't think of one.
Payloads over platforms.
The F-35 has stunted US missile development. We have sacrificed our tomorrows for today. It's pathetic. We need long range anti-air, long range air to ground and long range anti-ship missiles to meet the future. But we've failed to put them into place because certain "mafias" inside the US military are so wedded to penetrating manned air.
Pathetic doesn't quite describe it.
False narrative on carrier aircraft range...
My briefing in this week's @TheEconomist on the future of aircraft carriers. It looks at the long-running debate over their vulnerability to precision missiles, the shrinking range of their air wings & wider implications for the Pacific balance of power https://t.co/IlIwMZNALp pic.twitter.com/gCUlCqYkaQ— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) November 14, 2019
This is getting tiresome but it illustrates the point that the former CNO laid out.
PAYLOADS OVER PLATFORMS!
1. Why is it always a comparison of naval air striking mainland China? If that were to happen then we're into WW3. Full stop. This is a FALSE NARRATIVE!
2. The solution is relatively simple. It involves a mix of UAVs and long range missiles.
The carrier isn't dead yet. But if it is, I haven't seen the REAL reason why.
SB1Defiant completes initial test flight as a fully-configured aircraft.
#SB1Defiant completes initial test flight as a fully-configured aircraft. The Defiant will provide the @USArmy the ability to fly faster, farther and with greater maneuverability for future missions. pic.twitter.com/ILS1STDqK7— Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) November 13, 2019
Female Marines are getting carried away. Actions have consequences!
via Military.com
In order to make some extra money to pay bills and help her child, a single mom and Marine reservist said she created an account that sold sexual videos and photos of herself online.Story here.
The Marine said she now has to stop the account because a subscriber took the videos and pictures off her page and started distributing it to Marines in Twentynine Palms, California, during an large division exercise.
This is the latest complaint of Marines sharing intimate videos and pictures of female service members without their permission. The Marine Corps has taken a harsh stance against the sharing of intimate pictures or videos without the owner’s consent since the Marines United scandal broke in 2017.
Let's be actual and factual.
You want to be a sex worker and then don't want it to be known that you're a sex worker by your colleagues?
BULLSHIT!
I have absolutely NO SYMPATHY for this female Marine. ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
Quite honestly she should be pleased. This is free advertising. Guys will probably seek out her video and her income stream will increase.
Crying and bitching about something that you've done is silly at best. DEAL WITH IT!
Rant over.
It will be interesting to see how the powers that be at HQMC react to this. IF ANY MARINE FACES SANCTIONS over her video being passed around should immediately hire a lawyer and bang back.
Ok. Now I'm done.
This lizard is a monster!
And on that day I vowed to never return to the beach... 🙀 pic.twitter.com/j0nuSqFZ6K— 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲 Las Vegas (@vipkatelayne) November 15, 2019
Thursday, November 14, 2019
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